Ernest Wilkins

For Your Consideration… The Syllabus Not Your Average Productivity Post I’ve Got Apps 4 U Around The World 1. NOT YOUR AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY POST I’m conflicted when it comes to “How I Get Work Done” posts. What’s good for one person isn’t always a good fit for someone else. A huge thing I wish I […]

Maybe show them to your parent company, too. The Syllabus Stats R Us Credit Where Credit’s Due Around The World 1. STATS R US The creative economy is broader than what we think it is. The current definition is… “​an economic ecosystem of for-profit and nonprofit creative industries, artists and artist workforce, educators, entrepreneurs, vendors, […]

Thoughts on Revolt TV + Intellectual Property. (it rhymes.) The Syllabus Shower Thought The REVOLT Will Be Televised Around The World 1. EDITOR’S NOTE Brainstorms suck. Is that controversial? Ok, maybe the idea of brainstorming itself doesn’t suck, but how they’re traditionally run in the cultural industries absolutely does. With rare exceptions, most billion-dollar ideas […]

Bags, bags, bags, blowing in the wind. The Syllabus Editor’s Note – Paid Subscriptions! Ernest Goes To The Mailbox Around The World ICYMI 1. EDITOR’S NOTE Hello there, and welcome to August, our first business-as-usual month on our new, fully independent interface. Everyone got a free Premium subscription in July (if you were charged for […]

Data can be hard to understand, so let me translate it for you. The Syllabus The New News Around The World Playlistpalooza 1. THE NEW NEWS Introduction: You don’t have to be smarter than everyone you work with, you just have to get access to information quicker than they do. Data: Cultural Industries Affected: JournalismMediaPublishing […]

Sit back, relax, and do some reading. The Syllabus The Office Hours Interviews – Season 2 Highlights Around The World 1. THE OFFICE HOURS INTERVIEWS: SEASON 2 HIGHLIGHTS Hi! The pod is going on hiatus until the fall. If you haven’t noticed, we’ve been doing some reorganizing around here and that includes the pod. In […]

Marvel shouldn’t get to have all the hypothetical fun. The Syllabus What If…? Complex Media Around The World 1. WHAT IF…? COMPLEX MEDIA With the announcement of Marvel’s lauded comic anthology What If…? being turned into a new Disney + series , we thought it would be fun to look back at some scenarios over […]

A whale of a tail. The Syllabus Editor’s Note The Office Hours Interview Around The World 1. EDITOR’S NOTE Hello, and welcome to what would normally be the first paid newsletter of the month. But you’re getting it for free! This is where the magic happens. Or at least, it’s where a lot of cool […]

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” ― Malcolm X The Syllabus Editor’s Note Optimism—It’s Ok! Ernest Goes To The Mailbox Around The World 1. EDITOR’S NOTE We did it Joe. We migrated. Welcome to our new 100% creator-owned site, newsletter, and interface. It […]

Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s a good idea! 1. LEARN IT NOW OR GET FINESSED LATER My mom had a saying growing up. I only heard it when I attempted to do something that was, in hindsight, what us olds used to call Stuff White People Do. It was called the “DNA Rule”. […]